Portable folding bed.



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JAMES LLOYD WQODRUFF, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

PORTABLE FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 31, 1918,

Application filed November 28, 1916. Serial No. 133,891.

To all whom it may concern.

lle it known that I, learns LLOYD 00D- nrrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, county of Salt Lake,

and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable folding beds for use by automobilists, soldiers, campers, and in the home, where it is desired to provide a bed that may be readily extended for use and will be rigidly braced against accidental collapse or folding and may be quickly and easily folded into very compact form so as to be readily transportable.

My invention contemplates the provision of'a bed having a bottom comprising braces, and foldable linkages connecting them: further, one composed of a plurality of sections, which are foldable as aforesaid, which may be folded one upon the other to shorten the length of the folded bed; still further, the invention embodies improvements in foldable legs for the bed, and braces therefor.

A bed embodying my various improvements, is preferably constructed of metal and is light, strong, easily set up, or folded, and is readily portable.

The embodiment of the invention hereinafter set forth and shown in the accompanying drawings is to be considered as illustrative rather than restrictive of the scope thereof as the invention is susceptible of modification.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bed when extended and ready for use;

Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3.2111 end elevation;

Fig. i a plan view with the bed in folded condition but with the sections extended:

Fig. 5 a side elevation of the bed when completely folded with the sections superposed; and

Fig. 6 a detail of a locking brace.

The bed is composed of a plurality of sections, 1, 2, which comprise longitudinally extending rigid bars 3, cross-connected by links 4c pivoted to the bars 3 at 5. There are not rigid cross bars or ends to the sections 1, 2 but, on. the contrary, one set of the links 4 comprise the end cross-pieces in each instance. The sections 1, 2 are hinged or joined at 6, said joints comprising extensions of certain of the bars 3, arranged inmortise and tenon combination and pivoted by bolts or other means. Section 2 is therefore adapted to fold bodily on to the section 1 in either extended or collapsed condition. When the bed is completely folded, the sections 1 and 2 being collapsed, the ar rangement is as shown in Fig.

Legs 7 are pivoted at 8 to the side rails 3 of the bed, said legs being adapted to fold alongside of said side rails as shown in Fig. 5, and carrying umbrella-like foldable insect guards 9 which enter notches 10 in the side rails when they are folded, and may be opened out, as shown in the drawings, to prevent insects from crawling up the legs into the bed when the legs are down. To brace the legs, when extended, I provide the bars or braces 11 which are pivoted at 12 to the side rails and have bent ends 13 pro vided with pivoted locking members or keepers 14: as shown in Fig. 6. The bent ends and their ,keepers 14 may first be passed through the holes 15 in the legs and the keeper lat will then fall by gravity into a vertical position cross-wise of the hole 15, thereby preventing the end of the members from becoming detached from the leg 7. When folding the bed, the keepers 14 are manipulated to bring them in line with the bent ends 13, whereupon the lower ends of the braces 11 may be sprung out of the holes 15.

Referring to Fig. 8, the inner legs 16 are pivoted at 17 and are adapted to fold underneath certain ones of the bars 3 which have notches 18 in their lower faces to receive the umbrella-like foldable insect guards 19 on the legs 16.

When the bed is in the condition shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it is ready for use. To fold the bed, the longitudinal bars 3 are pressed lengthwise to break the joints 5 of the links 4 whereupon the bars 3 may be compressed together until they lie side by side as shown in Fig. 4L. The legs 7 and 16 may then be folded. The entire folded section 2 is now folded on the hinges 6 to lie in superposed relation to the section 1, whereupon the completely folded bed appears as in Fig. 5 in compact, easily portable condition.

To set up the bed, the section 2 is first extended to the position shown in Fig. 4 and the outermost bars or side rails 3 are grasped and pulled apart which brings all of the joints 5 into line. The legs may then be let down and the braces 11 connected to the legs whereupon the bed is ready to be occupied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A portable foldable bed having a bottom comprising parallel side bars, and bed bottom bars extending longitudinally thereof at intervals between the side bars, cross links, each having its respective ends directly j oin-ted to adjacent longitudinal bars,

the head and foot of the bed bottom, as well as the body of said bottom, being composed solely of said longitudinal bars and cross links, whereby the longitudinal bars intermediate the side bars are free to shift bodily in the direction of their length so that the entire bed bottom may be folded with the longitudinal bars arranged parallel and 20 close together.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

JAMES LLOYD WOODRUFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissionerot Patents,

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